Minnesota's changing climate

MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner writes that 2014 was the hottest year since 1880, when NOAA started keeping records. In addition to rising temparatures, Minnesotans are seeing earlier ice out dates, more severe weather and differnet kinds of plants and animals in their backyard.

MPR News wants to know what climate change looks like in your backyard and in your neighborhood. Tell us: What kind of signs are you seeing? Are there ways which you find yourself adapting to climate changes?

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